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Premise and Setup The glitz of Hollywood collides with the grit of New York City in NYPD Red, the first book in James Patterson and Marshall Karp’s fast-paced thriller series. During “Hollywood on Hudson,” New York is crawling with celebrities, directors, and producers, and the city’s elite police task force—NYPD Red—is on high alert to… Continue reading NYPD Red (NYPD Red #1) by James Patterson & Marshall Karp
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Fall I Want kicks off Lyra Parish’s Cozy Creek series with a small-town, fake-dating romance full of cozy autumn vibes, playful banter, and a billionaire who falls first—and hardest. Autumn meets Zane Alexander, a billionaire looking to escape his heartbreak in the charming town of Cozy Creek. Their first impressions of one another aren’t great,… Continue reading Fall I Want by Lyra Parish
In People Watching, Hannah Bonam-Young introduces us to Prudence Welch, a quiet, introverted woman whose life revolves around caring for her mother, recently diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, and working at her father’s gas station in their small Northern Ontario town. Her once-bigger dreams have dimmed under the weight of family responsibilities. Just as life begins… Continue reading People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young
Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and the Moth is a spellbinding start to a new fantasy series, filled with poetic writing, rich lore, and a heroine whose journey is as emotional as it is magical. Premise and Setup Sybil Delling has spent nine years in service as a Diviner, one of the foundling girls gifted (or… Continue reading The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
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Ellie Palmer’s debut, Four Weekends and a Funeral, is a tender and witty romance that manages to be both heartfelt and laugh-out-loud funny. Premise and Setup The story follows Alison Mullally, a thirty-year-old BRCA 1 carrier and double mastectomy survivor, who finds herself in a truly awkward situation: at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral, she realizes… Continue reading Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer
Jeneva Rose takes a big swing outside of her usual genre with Dating After the End of the World, and I was excited to see how she’d pull it off. A zombie apocalypse romance isn’t easy to get right—but she delivers an action-packed, clever, and surprisingly heartfelt story. Casey grew up the daughter of a… Continue reading Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose
The Rabbit Factory is the first book in Marshall Karp’s series featuring LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, and it’s a fantastic mix of mystery, satire, and heart. The story kicks off when the actor playing Familyland’s beloved mascot, Rambunctious Rabbit, is murdered on park grounds. What looks like one terrible crime quickly spirals… Continue reading The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp
The Treasure Hunters Club skillfully braids together the lives of three unlikely sleuths: Peter, nearing forty and stuck in a rut until a mysterious letter pulls him back to Maple Bay; Cass, a writer whose career has stalled, grasping at a second chance while housesitting in the seaside town; and Dandy, a sharp and determined… Continue reading The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan